Friday, March 2

Coal port growth threatens Barrier Reef: Greenpeace

PERTH (Reuters) - Australia's rapid expansion
of coal ports in the next decade will threaten the Great Barrier Reef as
increased ship traffic, port infrastructure and dredging put pressure on the
world's largest coral reef, Greenpeace
said on Thursday.

Coal is one of Australia's top export earners, and the
Great Barrier Reef sits off the coast of the eastern state of Queensland, the
country's largest coal-producer.

"The creation of mega mines in central
Queensland, the accompanying export infrastructure and increases in shipping
traffic, as well as the burning of the coal they produce, place an incredible
burden on Australia's Great Barrier Reef," the environmental group said in a
report.

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